Hannah's Special Day

Today was Hannah's Special Day at preschool. It was suppose to be on April 12, her birthday, but she was sick so today was the day. Here's what Hannah had to say about herself.

I am a girl
I am 4 years old
My favorite color is Pink, Red and Blue
My favorite food is Key Lime Pie.
I am learning to swim under water.
I can pick up something I dropped from the table without falling off the chair.

I especially thought that last responce was pretty cute. Anyhow, here are some pictures from preschool

Hannah loves to paint. Today she decided to paint her hands as well.

Here she and Sasha are sorting seeds. This week they are talking about plants and seeds. You will also notice that in this picture she is wearing her birthday crown.

Hannah and Sasha going down the slide together.



Check it out. Both Hannah and Sasha are off the ground in this pic. :-D

Fun Photos

Here are some cute pictures of the cute things that happen around our place.

Last weekend we were in Spokane visiting Titus, Elizabeth, Joe and Judah. Joe was kind enough to share Woody with Miriam.

Peter is such a snuggler. He loves to sit on people's laps and just stay there. Here we are reading a book together. He's big teddy bear. :-D

Miriam was just chilling on the floor (she really can't do much else) and Peter came and joined her. It was really cute.


It was alittle chilly in Spokane so Els loaned us a warm outfit for Miriam.

Hannah and Peter playing with trains together. (I helped Peter with his track)

Hannah with her matching balloons. (Side note: I got her these balloons for her birthday 2 weeks ago and they are still on the ceiling. It's amazing that the balloons are still afloat!)

The cuteness we call Miriam.

Caleb and Hannah snuggling on the couch together. Caleb is giving Hannah a quick lesson on economics from Fortune magazine. He even taught her a new word: Forclosure. It's a word every 4 year old needs to know. Don't you agree?

Peter holding Miriam

Miriam sort of smiling. She has a better smile than this but it's hard to capture on camera.

Caleb with the 3 kiddos

Miriam's even cute when she's sleeping...and so much fun to hold.

And in other news, we bought an Xbox 360 and the Kinect. The Kinect is really fun...alot more fun than I thought it was going to be...and really good exercise. Unlike the Wii, you can't fake it. You really have to jump and run. Well, Caleb also bought Halo and when he plays he makes funny faces, like this one. Isn't he cute?

I'm so blessed to have such a cute family. I think I've used the word cute to describe every single family member in this post.

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted something. Normally if I have a moment to myself I either nap...or nap.

Happy Birthday Hannah

Today is Hannah's 4th birthday. We've been celebrating all weekend (on Friday we had a kids party, and on Saturday we had a family party). But I saved my favorite present for today.

Hannah loves to match and she loves to help in the kitchen. We used these tonight while making her favorite dinner: Els's Taco Salad.

*More pictures to come from her birthday parties...probably after we get back from Spokane this weekend. Let the celebrating continue! :-D

Ha :-D

I finally get a picture of Hannah smiling and well...look at Peter. I guess I can always crop the picture.

Here's Hannah "smiling" next to her tall tower.

Miriam's Stats

Miriam had her 2 week check up on Monday and here are her stats.

10 lbs 8 oz (97%)

22.25 in long (95%)

15 in head circumference (92%)

In case you are curious, here are Peter's stats from his 2 week check up

10 lbs 15 oz (97%)

22.75 in long (97%)

15.25 in head cir (90%)

I can't find Hannah's stats. All I can find is that she was 9 lbs 8.2 oz.

So back to Miriam. She is still super cute. Over the past couple of days she has been awake alittle bit more. This is fun, but it also means that I get less sleep. Lucky for me, my parents are over often and are super helpful! Unfortunately I don't have any new pictures of her, but here's a cute one of Caleb and the kids.

In other news, my stats show that in 2 weeks I've lost 25lbs. I know, giving birth is a great way to lose weight. Not easy, but well worth it! :-D

More Cuteness

Here's Miriam all ready to leave the hospital.

When we got home, immediately the kids wanted to play with her. Peter brought over a train track for her to play with. And Hannah wanted to show her a book (as seen below). It took alittle explaining that she doesn't play with toys quite yet.

Here's Hannah and Miriam in matching jammies.

Here's Hannah holding Miriam.

Here are the 3 kiddos together.

In the picture above they were both looking at me instead of Caleb, who was taking the picture. So I stood behind Caleb and waved my hands in the air to get them looking the right direction. Apparently they thought they were suppose to wave their hands in the air as well.

Caleb and Miriam. At least now I know why Hannah squints in half of her pictures. :-D

Miriam doing the archer pose...just like Hannah.

Hannah and her tower of blocks.

Grandma and Hannah reading together.

Miriam Joan Hug

Yay, she arrived...and she was only 6 days late! What a blessing. Actually, the whole delivery was blessed. I feel like I had several prayers that were answered.

1) She arrived healthy (and I'm healthy too)

2) I didn't have to have a C-section

3) She wasn't 14 days late.

4) She wasn't as big as Peter

5) I only had to push for 24 minutes (although it seemed longer)

6) Labor was only 7.5 hours long

7) She wasn't born on Valentine's Day (OK, this isn't really that big of a deal, but I feel like God just threw that one in to make me feel special, considering contractions started at 1am on Feb 15)

Anyhow, here are her stats:

Born Feb 15, 2011 at 8:24am

10 pounds, 1 ounce

22 inches long

15 inch head diameter

And here are some pictures. She's super cute, in my unbiased opinion. :-P

Peter was really cute with Miriam. He kept giving her kisses and hugs...and as seen above, doing other sorts of affectionate actions. :-D

Here are some pictures Caleb put together. It's the same link he has on facebook.